Brianna Gurciullo | CT Insider
Last year ended with Gov. Ned Lamont signing a major housing bill into law, and advocates say they will now be closely watching the implementation of that measure.
But they also want state lawmakers to turn — or return — to other housing-related proposals during...
Alex Putterman | CT Insider
Erin Boggs, executive director of Open Communities Alliance, began researching for the group's signature "Fair Share" housing proposal in 2014.
Peter Harrison, Connecticut director of the Regional Plan Association, has been advocating for transit-oriented development in the state for about five years and has pushed...
Erin Boggs | CT Insider
There is nothing simple about the recently signed HB 8002, which takes a more ambitious approach to housing policy than Connecticut has seen in years, or maybe ever. It has an expansive time horizon, many moving parts, and all kinds of different options. It will...
Connecticut Housing Advocates | CT Insider
Dear Gov. Ned Lamont:
We listened closely when you announced a veto of HB 5002, the omnibus housing bill, in June. We heard you say that you’d like a revised version of the bill on your desk following a special session this year. We...
Livi Stanford | Hartford Courant
Gov. Ned Lamont, state and federal lawmakers and housing advocates stand together to denounce President Donald Trump’s executive order directing states to remove people from the streets, possibly by committing them for mental health or drug treatment without their consent.
But unity is absent due...
Alex Putterman | CT Insider
Gov. Ned Lamont this week vetoed what would have been the most significant housing legislation Connecticut has seen in years, over concerns that the bill undermined towns' rights to set housing policy for themselves.
Now the question is: What comes next?
Chris Polansky | CT Public Radio
Advocates are expressing disappointment in Gov. Ned Lamont for his Monday veto of a broad bill they say would have helped alleviate the state’s housing crisis.
“There’s a lot of disappointment and, frankly, anger,” said Pete Harrison, Connecticut director of the Regional Plan Association,...
Jamil Ragland | CT News Junkie
When House Bill 5002 passed the General Assembly last Tuesday, it was celebrated as an important step in addressing the state’s oft-discussed housing crisis. However, advocates may have been counting their chickens before they hatched.
The bill has been sitting on Gov. Ned Lamont’s...
Ginny Monk | CT Mirror
With a slim margin, the state Senate on early Saturday morning gave final passage to the most significant piece of housing legislation to emerge from the Connecticut legislature in years.
House Bill 5002 passed the Senate on a 20-15 vote, with some moderate Democrats voting...